Lee Hirsch
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Lee Hirsch is a documentary film
maker. Hirsch is a graduate of The Putney School
in Vermont. He wrote and directed the documentary Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
.
Hirsch also contributed a chapter to Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (The MIT Press, 2008) edited by Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky
).
As an outgrowth of his video work with the Black Eyed Peas, Hirsch directed John Legend's video "Show Me", in 2007.
His latest film The Bully Project
will premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
maker. Hirsch is a graduate of The Putney School
The Putney School
The Putney School is an independent high school in Putney, Vermont. It was founded in 1935 by Carmelita Hinton. It is a co-educational, college-preparatory boarding school, with a day-student component, located outside of Brattleboro, Vermont. Emily Jones is the director...
in Vermont. He wrote and directed the documentary Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a 2002 documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid through the use of music. The film takes its name from the Nguni word amandla, which means power.The film was Produced by Sherry Simpson Dean...
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Hirsch also contributed a chapter to Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (The MIT Press, 2008) edited by Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky
DJ Spooky
Paul D. Miller , known by his stage name DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics or his fans as "illbient" or "trip hop". He is a turntablist, a producer, a philosopher, and an author...
).
As an outgrowth of his video work with the Black Eyed Peas, Hirsch directed John Legend's video "Show Me", in 2007.
His latest film The Bully Project
The Bully Project
The Bully Project is a 2011 documentary film about bullying in US schools. Directed by Lee Hirsch, the film follows the lives of five students who face bullying on a daily basis. The Bully Project premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival...
will premiere at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
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